Virgin Unite

With the invaluable support of the Virgin Group and numerous like-minded partners, we are helping some amazing entrepreneurial organisations and pioneers. They create and manage initiatives that tackle unacceptable health issues in rural Africa – all with an entrepreneurial twist. As well as improving the health of their communities, they create employment and act as a true inspiration to others. When people and businesses work together towards a common good some quite remarkable things do happen. We see it all the time: you will too if you “unite” with us.
Virgin Unite - RTN

Rural Transport Network

The need: Thousands of people in Kenya live in remote rural areas, miles from the nearest health clinic. Malaria, HIV/AIDS, respiratory tract diseases, diarrhea, and water-borne diseases are common. But a way to get to the clinic is not. This means distance and availability of transport can dictate whether you live or die.

Virgin Unite - Fight Against Fistula

Fight Against Fistula

The need: For many, giving birth is a momentous occasion, a time to celebrate new life and new beginnings. But imagine if childbirth took away the life of your baby and left you with a debilitating injury?

Bhubezi

Bhubezi - Community Healthcare Centre

The need: Everyone has the right to basic healthcare. But in rural South Africa this isn’t always a given. TB and HIV/AIDS ravage communities, like those in the Bushbuckridge area in the Mpumalanga province, most of the 500,000 population has limited access to health services and an estimated 20% are HIV positive.